Albert harley storey



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Patented Maty 1,.1888.

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ALBERT HARLEY STOREY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE STOREY PATENT CASE COMPANY, (LIMITED) OF SAME PLACE.

BOX OR CASE.

PCP'CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,120, dated May 1,188. e Application filed August 30, 18S?. Serial No. 248,296. (No model.) Patented in England September 18, 1883, No. 4,446.

lTo @ZZ whom it may eoneeraf Be it known that I, Aran-nr Hinter fSaioRnY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain :and Ireland, and a resident of London, Eng- 55 lland, have invented certain Improvements in lBoxesfor Cases formed of Card-Board or otherV :Similar Material, of which thefollowingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a box or case-of cardboard or other similar material, which, while it will be Very light, shall at the same time be extremely stiff and strong,and therefore very suitable for the transmission. of bottles or other fragile articles by parcel-post or otherwise. I carry out this object by forming the box or case with two shells, of which the outer shell may have three or four, or more, sides, while the inner shell has (double the number of the sides of the outer geoeshell, and these two shells are so placed in re- ,spect of each other that each alternate side of lthefinner shell is opposite one of the angles of ltheoufter shell and supports and stiffens the bslme.

`In the :accompanying drawings, Figures 1 d, -2, .3, ande show one means of constructing :a `box according .to this myinvention. Fig. 1 iis the outer-shelLof abox of a quadrilateral section before thefformation thereof. Fig. 2 is the inner shell .of :the saine in a like stage. Fig. 3 is an end view., -on .an enlarged scale, of the box when made. Fig. 4 is a crosssection of the same. Fig. 5 shows a modication.

I take a piece of card-board or other material, A, in Fig. 1, of a suitable size and shape for the outer shell of the box that is required, and in this piece of material, A, I make four longitudinal scores, a, (shown by broken dotted lines,) which scores a may, if required, be partially cut through the material, to enable me easily to bend the piece A into the required form of a quadrilateral section. I also make two transverse scores, ci, also shown by broken dotted lines, in the same manner when I want ,451,t,o,provide edges O to be turned over the ends .ofrthe box, as shown in Fig. 3. Vhen the boxl ,is .turbe formed as shown, the ends D and E of thegbox are also made in this piece A, and scores.eare made in the same manner to en- 35o-l able me,easi.ly to bend these ends D and E 'Lintothein required places, and another score,

f, is made in the end D, which forms the lid of the box, so that the part F thereof can be turned over on the opposite side of the box when an article is placed therein and be there u secured in any convenient manner to safely inclose the article. I then take another piece of card-board or other material, B, in Fig. 2, of a suitable size and shape for the inner shell of the required box, and in this piece of material B, I make eight longitudinal scores, b, (shown by broken dotted lines,) in the same manner, to enable me easily to bend the piece B into the required form 'of an octagonal section. To this piece Bends may also be fitted,if required, as before described. This piece B is then bent into the required form, and the lateral edges thereof overlap, as shown at G in Fig. 4, and can be secured `together by glue or otherwise. Bound this inner shell, B, of octagonal section is then placed the outer shell, A, of quadrilateral section, and the lateral edges of the piece A overlap, as shown at II in Figs. 3 :and 4f, and can be secured together by glue or otherwise. These shells A and B' are so placed in respect to each other that every alternate side of the inner shell, B, is in contact with one of the sides of the outer shell, A, and can be secured thereto by glue or otherwise. The other alternate sides of the inner shell, B, are therefore opposite the angles of the outer shell, A, and support and stiffen the same. The edges C, if any, are then turned over one end of the box, as shown in Fig. 3, and may similarly be secured thereto, and` the end piece, E, is bent over all and secured in position by glue or otherwise, and the box is ready for use. The bottle or other article can then be inserted through the open end of the box, and the lid D is bent over and the part F thereof secured ou the opposite side of the box in any convenient manner, the edges C, if any, having previously been turned over, as aforesaid. The parcel is then ready for transmission.

This method of construction, as described, and shown in the drawings, is very convenient; but obviously I do not limit myself thereto. For example, the lateral edges of the shell may butt against each other, which butt may be lined, if desired, with a strip of any material, in which case only the proper number of scores a and b would be made. Again, .each of the IOO shells may be made of two or more pieces, if desired, these pieces being joined together in any usual manner.

When the material of which the box is to be made is stout and stiff, the scores aforesaid are preferably cut thereinto; but when the material is thiny and light the pieces can be bent into the required forms Without cutting the scores.

In Fig. 5 I show a' cross section of another form of box, in which the outer shell, A, is of a trilateral section, while the inner shell, B, is of an hexagonal section. In this case, also, these shells are so placed in respect to-each other that every alternate side of the inner shell, B, is in contact with and can be secured to one of the sides of the outer shell, A, while the other alternate sides of the inner shell, B, are opposite to and support and stiften the angles of the outei` shell, A. In like manner these boxes can be made of any otherform, as may be desired.

It may sometimes be desirable to combine two or more receptacles in one box.

obviously be very easily effected, especially in boxes of trilateral or quadrilateral section. This is done preferably by placing the two or more inner shells together and surrounding these inner shells by one outer shell made This can properly therefor, in manner as herenbefore described, or, according to another method, by

placing two or more of the complete boxes to! gether and surrounding these boxes by another' outer shell. I can also cover and ornament the boxes when made as I may desire.

I claim as my'invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A box or case of cardboard or other ma terial, having an inner and an outer shell, the inner one having twice as many sides as the outer shell and the alternate sides of the inner shell being opposite the angles of the outer shell, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A box or case of cardboard or other material, having an inner and an outer shell, the inner one 'having twice as many sides as the outer shell and having its alternate sides in contact with the sides of the outer shell, while t-he intermediate sides of the inner shell are opposite the angles of the outer shell.

In testimony Whereoflhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT HARLEY sToRsY.

Witnesses:

J. HALL DAvIEs, THos. SMITH. 

